M-RCBG Senior Fellow-Led Study Group: Ludovic Subran
Monday, February 3, 4:15-5:45, B-L-4 (Belfer Building, L-level, Room 4)
From the response to COVID-19 and the energy crisis, to successfully managing transitions (demographic, technological, climatic), policy makers have used the policy toolbox usually used for wars; this is unfortunately not without harmful consequences. Join Ludovic Subran and his guest French MP Estelle Youssouffa to discuss how France abused warlike economics policies and how this led to the current economic and political deadlock.
This study group / discussion is open to all HUID holders. Registration is not necessary.
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Ludovic Subran is Chief Economist at Allianz, Europe's largest insurer and investor. Prior to joining Allianz, Ludovic worked for the World Bank, the United Nations World Food Program and the French Ministry of Finance. Over the years, Ludovic has helped shape economic policies in more than 25 countries, notably in response to the 2007-8 food and financial crises. A French citizen, Ludovic is a member of the French Prime Minister's Council of Economic Advisers. His contribution to the economic response to the outbreak of Covid in 2020 led to him being named a Knight of the Order of Merit of the French Republic. Ludovic is a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum, a Millennium Fellow of the Atlantic Council, and a David Rockefeller Fellow of the Trilateral Commission. Ludovic serves on the Board of Mercy Corps, one of the largest humanitarian NGOs. Ludovic is an Adjunct Professor of Economics at HEC Business School and Sciences Po Paris. He has co-authored four books: Hunger and Markets (2006), Désordre dans les Monnaies (2015), Je comprends enfin l'Économie (2020), and last year, Investing in a Changing Climate (2023), published by Springer, which explores what net-zero pathways mean for investors. Ludovic is a graduate of the École Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration Économique and Sciences Po Paris. He speaks seven languages fluently. As a Senior Fellow at the M-BCBG, his research will focus on how economic policies are becoming increasingly warlike. His faculty sponsor is Richard Zeckhauser, the Frank P. Ramsey Professor of Political Economy, at Harvard Kennedy School. Email: ludovic_subran@hks.harvard.edu